At 1927 hours on the evening of August 3, 2011, Dutchess County 911 received a call reporting a fire at the Foam and Wash Car Wash on Merritt Blvd. in the Village of Fishkill. A Structural Fire First Alarm assignment was dispatched bringing 42-11, 42-12, 42-13, 42-59, 42-1 and East Fishkill F.A.S.T. to the scene. Subsequent to the original DC 911 call, a multitude of other 911 calls were received by 911 reporting a “fully involved building”.
Village of Fishkill Chief Scofield called on the scene at 1930 hours reporting a working structure fire. At 1935 hours, the Chief requested a Commercial Second Alarm assignment, which brought assistance from the City of Beacon, East Fishkill, Hughsonville, New Hamburg, Rombout, and Wappingers Falls fire departments. Because of the compromised stability of the structure, the operation went defensive around 1940 hours with numerous 2 ½ inch handlines and two ladder pipes in operation. Chief Scofield advised Dutchess County 911 that the fire was darkening down at 1951 hours and knocked down with overhaul starting at 2012 hours. All units had cleared the scene by 2300 hours.
Additional units on the scene to assist with medical, investigation and traffic were Dutchess County FID, Dutchess County Sheriff, New York State Police, Town of Fishkill Police, Village of Fishkill Police and Mobile Life Support Services.
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